Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonapartewas a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth15 August 1769
CityAjaccio, France
CountryFrance
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
They wanted me to be a Washington.
I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
The army is the true nobility of our country.
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.
Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.
Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.
The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.